Driver hits gas instead of brake, crashes into store

Police say an elderly driver accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake pedal on her 1999 Toyota RAV4, which sent her careening into Regional Finance Corp. at 3:17 p.m. Tuesday.

From staff reports

Police say an elderly driver accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake pedal on her 1999 Toyota RAV4, which sent her careening into Regional Finance Corp. at 3:17 p.m. Tuesday.Sgt. Brandon McGaha said Constance Scott of Hendersonville was in the Harris Teeter shopping center parking lot Tuesday when she accelerated over a concrete median and hit the business. Scott's vehicle broke through the front glass and hit an interior wall about four to five feet inside the office, he said.A man in the parking lot saw the car coming and was able to roll away in time, McGaha said. No injuries were reported. Scott was cited for unsafe movement. McGaha estimated the wreck caused at least $10,000 in damage to the business.

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